10 Ewing's Sarcoma Symptoms
Symptom #6: Unintended Weight Loss
Weight loss is one of the most outstanding symptoms of having cancer. This type of losing weight is called cachexia, which is a wasting syndrome. The syndrome consists of many symptoms including loss of weight, anorexia or loss of appetite, anemia, and asthenia or abnormal physical weakness or lack of energy.
Cachexia is one of the prognostic parameters used to follow up a case of cancer, especially during the treatment period. Patients lose weight because the body loses both adipose tissue and skeletal muscle mass. Since the patient also suffers from anorexia, the weight loss can also occur due to loss of fat and muscle mass as a source of energy.
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